The Incredible Jack McGee -- An Episode Guide

If you're like most people of a certain age, you tuned in to The Incredible Hulk every week to see what the Creature would smash this episode. Some, no doubt, also watched the show to catch David's transformation and surname of the week. But there were a few who knew the real reason to view the series: Jack McGee. The intrepid reporter didn't appear in every episode, but he kept things lively, forcing Banner to come up with ever-more-creative methods for dodging exposure.

This episode guide is for McGee-lovers everywhere.

The Incredible Hulk pilot

Intrepid reporter Jack McGee makes multiple requests to gain an interview with scientists David Banner and Elaina Marks for The National Register, a cheap, sensationalist newspaper beneath his talents. The scientists are studying human strength enhancement, but they refuse to grant him an interview. Jack even visits Dr. Marks's home, though it does him no good. When Dr. Banner's car is found smashed in a ditch, McGee investigates and finds enormous footprints at the scene. He further interviews a man and his young daughter who report an encounter with a 7-foot hulking greenish creature. McGee confronts Banner and Marks with a plaster cast of the prints, but they deny any knowledge of the Hulk. Convinced that the scientists are hiding something, McGee sneaks into their lab to learn more, finding evidence that the Creature had been there. Banner returns and finds Jack there, escorting the reporter outside just before the building explodes and McGee is knocked senseless. He comes to just in time to get his first look at the Hulk, which emerges from the blaze carrying Dr. Marks. McGee tries to find Dr. Banner, but it's impossible to enter the inferno. Dr. Marks is later found dead; Banner's body is never found at all. Jack makes it his mission to track down the Hulk and learn the true story of the Creature. More...

Dwarf Identification Page

If you've read the classic J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit, or seen the Peter Jackson movie trilogy, you have noted the greatest drawback to both those excellent works: too many dwarfs. With a full thirteen in residence, it can be tough to tell the players without a program, even though the films are careful to give each one his own unique look and traits.

But fear not! Whatsits Galore has compiled this guide to clear away the confusion. Here you'll find all thirteen dwarfs with enough information about each one to keep them straight.

Thorin Oakenshield

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btDescription: the Leader
btKnown Relatives: Thrain, father; Thror, grandfather; btFili, nephew; Kili, nephew; Dain Ironfoot, cousin
btWeapon of Choice: sword with oaken shield
btSkills: strategy, leadership, singing

bt"We have a claim to Erebor. Now we defend it."

btMore...

RP Posting 101

For anyone thinking about joining an online role-playing (RP) site, it is essential that your posts be a pleasure to read, not a chore. In order to help beginners on my own RP site, Worlds of Disney, I published a basic guide. Here is an excerpt:

A simple way to make your posts more readable is to avoid long paragraphs.

There's something about reading on a computer screen that shortens people's attention spans. They start to read a long paragraph, and then just zone out and begin to skim. I've even found myself doing it, and I am a voracious reader. For some reason, a paragraph that doesn't bother me in the least on paper is daunting in pixels. You don't want folks just skimming your text, right? Right. You want them to read the whole thing. My advice is to go back to any longish paragraphs and break them up with your ENTER key. It won't change the content of your writing, just make it more palatable to the reader.

Did you find yourself doing it with the above paragraph? Let's try reading the very same thing broken up a different way:

There's something about reading on a computer screen that shortens people's attention spans. They start to read a long paragraph, and then just zone out and begin to skim.

I've even found myself doing it, and I am a voracious reader. For some reason, a paragraph that doesn't bother me in the least on paper is daunting in pixels.

You don't want folks just skimming your text, right? Right. You want them to read the whole thing.

Read the entire article.